Volunteering resources on Lonely Planet
01:42, 5 July 2006
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Lonely Planet, which produces my favorite travel guides, features lots of information about volunteering abroad, including online volunteering, on its web site and in its book Career Break Book. In addition, the topic of volunteering abroad is a perpetual hot topic on the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum, particularly the branches called "Responsible Travel" and "The Gap Year & RTW travel." If you place and support volunteers in developing countries, or, if you have volunteered in a developing country, you should definitely join the conversation (lately, I've spent most of my time on these two branches defending nonprofits who charge to place and support short-term volunteers from the "West" in the developing world). Also see its section on Responsible Travel (different from the aforementioned forum).
